Higher-order interactions capture unexplained complexity in diverse communities

Nature Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2017, Pages

  Mayfield, Margaret M ^a   Stouffer, Daniel B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

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EID: 85020202719     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2397334X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41559-016-0062     Document Type: Article

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